End mounting for vehicle-springs.



B. A. GRAMM.

END MOUNTING FOR VEHICLE SPRINGS. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 15, 1910.

1 3 54 Patented Jan. 2, 1912.

2 SHEETSSHEET 1.

B. A. GRAMM. END MOUNTING FOR VEHICLE SPRINGS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR 15, 1910.

9 1 ,547. Patented'jan. 2, 191,2 2

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 hairs END MOUNTING FOR VEHICLE-SPRIN GS.

ars erspecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2, 19112.

Application filed Maren 15 1910. Serial Nol 549,412.

(IN whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN A. GRAMM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bowling Green, in the countyof Wood and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in End Mountings forVehicle-Springs, of'which the following a specification, reference beinghad to; the accompanying drawings. a i

This invention relates to improvements in mountings for the ends ofroad-vehiclc springs; and an object of this invention is to provide anend-mounting for a vehiclespring which will relieve the spring of stressand which will prevent accidents in the case of the breakage of theparts. i In the drawings illustrating the principle of this inventionand the best mode now known to me of applying that principle, Figure 1is an elevation of so much of a selfpropelled road-vehicle as isnecessary to illustrate this invention; Fig. 2 is a" rear elevation ofthe spring-mounting, the sidebar of the chassis being shown in section;Fig. 3 is a side elevation of'what is shown in Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is asection on the line AA of Fig. 3.

The vehicle-wheel a is mounted on its axle Z. between which and theside-bar'or sidebeam 0 of the chassis is interposed the vehicle-springd. One end 6 of the latter is mounted in a hanger f carried by theside-- bar 0, while the other end of the vehiclespring (Z is formed withan eye through which passes a pin 9 upon which are mounted free to turnthe rollers it, one on each side of the end of the spring at. Theserollers are held on the pin gvby the nuts 2'. To the web and lowerflange of the sidebeam 0 is riveted the hanger-plateQy' from.

which project downwardly the legs 70 to which are bolted the guard-barsm. The latter are arranged just below the rollers /l and form with thehanger-plate j and its legs-1c a sort of cage or box in which the end ofthe spring is held, in case the pin 9 should shear. It is obvious thatthe stress on the pin g is much reduced by reason of the roller-mountingand likewise the liability to such shearing or breakage. A hard steelwear-plate n is fastened to the lower face of the horizontal part of thehanger-plate y. Should the pin 9 shear or break, the spring will be heldby its end-mounting shown in Figs. 2, 3 and '4 underneath the v hicle,thereby avoiding serious accidents.

I claim:

The combination with a frame of a vehicle; of a hanger-platefastenedthereto and formed at each side with a pair of legs which project frombelow the bottom of said ianger-plate; a pair of lengthwise-extendingguard-bars which are fastened to said legs and each of which connects apair of said legs; and a vehicle spring one end of which lies below saidhangerplate and passes between two of said legs at the inner end of saidhanger plate and which is provided with laterally-extending projectionsthat lie between said'guardbars and hangerplate.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand at Bowling Green, Ohio, this11th day of March, 1910, in the presence of the two undersignedwitnesses.

BENJAMIN GRAMM.

B. M.- YOUNG;

